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RE: label without form-element

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From: Andrew Kirkpatrick
Date: Aug 9, 2005 11:08AM

> > In addition, when there is no label correctly associated
> with a form
> > element, the label text _may_ be read as the reader
> attempts to intuit
> > what the correct label is for the control.
>
> but if there is only a label without any form element, would
> it be read in this case as well?

If you are in forms mode or some differently-named analog and you tab to
each of the three controls on an imaginary page, the label for each
control should be read. If there is no explicit label (or title
attribute), then the reader generally takes a guess. If in the process
of guessing the label text is in the right location, it could be read.
If there are no control that are looking for labels, then no, you
wouldn't hear the label text, but if there are no form controls you're
probably not going to spend much time in forms mode!

If you put a label element into a document that lacks form control, it
is treated similarly to a span element (today). The text is there, and
nothing special is done with it when it is read, but it is read.

AWK